I don’t remember if it was for CHRISTmas or not, but I had a Fanner 50 with a leather holster and belt.
As I remember, that Fanner 50 weighed the same as a Ruger Bearcat, which I dearly wanted, but never got.
I didn’t get a Fanner 50 that Christmas of 1958, but I did get a Hubley cap rifle that worked just like Lucas McCain’s in “The Rifleman”.
A year later Dad took me to the local sporting goods store (which meant GUNS!) and the clerk showed me a Ruger Bearcat. My interest in cap guns ended in an instant.
Dad then said I could have it if I earned the money to buy it. Many long years passed before I had that kind of cash and when I did, it was reserved for college expenses.
Later on I did teach several of my girlfriends how to shoot, with a handgun. The reaction was always the same, some fear until after the first shot, and then it was both fun and normal.